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jay
jay

Reputation: 61

How to create hidden folders

I want to create some hidden folders like photo hide app and hide the selected image from gallery or camera to selected hidden folder.i googled a lot but i couldn't find any solution.please find me a solution.. Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 6

Views: 12592

Answers (5)

Manigandan P.S
Manigandan P.S

Reputation: 170

try this code,

String iconsStoragePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/.NewFolder";
    File sdIconStorageDir = new File(iconsStoragePath);
    if(!sdIconStorageDir.isDirectory()){
        sdIconStorageDir.mkdirs();//create storage directories, if they don't exist
    }

Upvotes: 2

Max
Max

Reputation: 1010

my requirement is when i add files to hidden folder those should not be shown in gallery but hidden folders and files should be shown only in my application..

  1. To create hidden folders or files follow Hamid S. instructions:

    File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/.Image/");
file.mkdirs();

  2. To prevent the eg. gallery app from showing pictures within /.Image/, create the additional (empty) file .nomedia

This prevents media scanner from reading your media files and providing them to other apps through the MediaStore content provider. However, if your files are truly private to your app, you should save them in an app-private directory.

Upvotes: 9

Hamid Shatu
Hamid Shatu

Reputation: 9700

To create hidden folder or file use Dot (.) that folder or file name.

Suppose, you want create a folder named Image which will be hidden then create as follows...

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/.Image/");
file.mkdirs();

Upvotes: 3

jsoberg
jsoberg

Reputation: 167

In Android, as well as in most Linux environments, you can create a hidden folder simply by adding a '.' to the front of the folder name. For example, the folder '.MyFolder' would be hidden.

Upvotes: 0

Akshay
Akshay

Reputation: 6142

try function like..

public static void hideFile(File file)
{
        File dstFile = new File(file.getParent(), "." + file.getName());
        file.renameTo(dstFile);
}

Upvotes: 1

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